Campaigns. It is important that I continue to know the strength of feeling on an issue and I prefer to respond to every inquiry, but the sheer size of campaign correspondence means that it is hard to justify to the tax payer the cost and time taken for individual written replies, so regrettably I will no longer reply to every item of campaign correspondence. I will post a response to the campaign on the "Responses to campaigns" page of my website.

I am sorry to do this, as it is rather impersonal, but can see no other way of maintaining a good service for all my constituents unless I approach campaigns this way.

People's Vote

Thank you very much for taking the time to email me about a People's Vote on Brexit.

As Parliament will now not have a meaningful vote on Brexit I am supporting a People's Vote. Whilst I am encouraged that the Prime Minister has come forward with a pragmatic approach there is no guarantee that this will be accepted either by the EU or hard Brexiteer MPs who might seek to block a deal.

If a further referendum on the deal is agreed by Parliament, it should offer people the choice between the deal negotiated or to remain. If a deal cannot be negotiated, the referendum should be between that 'no deal' or remain.